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Webpage: http://www.modbee.com/opinion/community/story/800521.html
Pubdate: Fri, 31 Jul 2009
Source: Modesto Bee, The (CA)
Copyright: 2009 The Modesto Bee
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Website: http://www.modbee.com/
Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/271
Author: Mike Harden
Note: Harden is the interim police chief of Modesto.
Bookmark: http://www.mapinc.org/opinion.htm (Opinion)
Bookmark: http://www.mapinc.org/find?115 (Marijuana - California)
Bookmark: http://www.mapinc.org/decrim.htm (Decrim/Legalization)
LEGALIZING MARIJUANA WOULD BE A RECIPE FOR DISASTER
Assemblyman Tom Ammiano, D-San Francisco, has introduced legislation
and the Marijuana Policy Project has purchased television time
advocating the legalization and taxation of marijuana as a way to
solve the state's budget problems.
From a law enforcement perspective, I cannot think of a more flawed
public policy idea. The benefits of marijuana legalization and
taxation would never outweigh the social costs associated with its
widespread use and abuse.
In 1996, California voters approved an initiative, Proposition 215,
that exempted certain patients and their primary caregivers from
state criminal penalties if they possess and cultivate marijuana, as
long as it is within a prescribed amount.
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MAP posted-by: Jay Bergstrom
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